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Parent Company Liability back in the Supreme Court The English courts have become a popular destination for foreign claimants seeking damages from UK-domiciled parents for the alleged wrongful actions of their overseas subsidiaries. A new judgment from the Supreme Court gives useful guidance on the applic...

Reflections on the EU-UK Co-operation Agreement The EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the TCA), which came into provisional effect at 11pm on 31 December, is welcome in terms both of what has been achieved, and in providing a more cordial basis for future EU-UK relations and co-operation. The EU...

The Future Relationship between the UK and EU The Brexit talks will result in London this week, with parties seemingly some way apart on a number of issues. This briefing, prepared by Tolek Petch, lawyer in our trade unit, surveys the state of play as at 3 July. As the UK emerges from its COVID 19 l...

A brand new subsidy regime for the UK? Resolution of EU-UK negotiations on “level playing field for competition” may shape future UK subsidy regime. A key outstanding issue between the EU and the UK in the negotiations on the future partnership agreement is the implementation of a...

Podcast: Tax News: May 2024 In this podcast, Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling discuss two Court of Appeal decisions on the loan relationships unallowable purpose rule in section 441 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009: BlackRock and Kwik-Fit. In this podcast, Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling ...

Podcast: Tax News: April 2025 Partner Alex Dustan from our Infrastructure and Energy team joined the April 2025 edition of our Tax News podcast to discuss the oil and gas price mechanism consultation on a “new permanent mechanism…to respond to future oil and gas price shocks” once the...

Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin – 4 January 2024 Includes developments in relation to: climate-related risks; cyber resilience; EU taxonomy; CSDDD; transition finance; mutual recognition between UK and Switzerland; CRR III; CRD VI; SSM; open banking; ESG; EMIR; digital securities sandbox; UK listings; U...

Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 29 February 2024 Includes developments in relation to: DORA; Basel Core Principles; LIBOR; Solvency II; and sanctions. General DORA - European Commission adopts Delegated Regulation specifying the criteria for designation of ICT third-party service providers as c...

FSMA Guide 2021 This latest edition of our Guide to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 provides a guide to the UK's financial regulatory regime as at [1 December 2021]. It seeks to provide the reader with a manual to navigate what is an increasingly complex legi...

Financial Regulation Weekly Bulletin - 27 March 2024 Includes developments in relation to: MiCA; financial stability; financial promotions on social media; Smarter Regulatory Framework; MRELs; MiFIR; EMIR 3; ELTIF Regulation; fund tokenisation; EU taxonomy; pensions dashboard; motor claims handling; APP fra...